In His Footsteps: St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 461. Along with St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, the secular world shares our love of these saints.
A participle is very different from a gerund. While a gerund works as a noun, a participle works as an adjective. The purpose of an adjective is to describe a noun or a pronoun. Therefore, a participle always describes a noun or a pronoun in the same sentence. There are two kinds of participles: present participles and past participles.
Participles may correspond to the active voice (active participles), where the modified noun represents the agent of the action denoted by the verbâor to the passive voice (passive participles), where the modified noun represents the patient (undergoer) of that action.he gerund is distinct from the present participle in that it (or rather the verb phrase it forms) acts as a noun rather than an adjective or adverb: I like sleeping' ;  Sleeping is not allowed.. There is also a pure verbal noun with the same form (the breaking of one's vows is not to be taken lightly).